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Monday, December 31, 2012

My son and his sweetheart.

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"An aware parent loves all children he or she meets and interacts with - for you are a caretaker for those moments in time." - Doc Childre.

(one of my all time most favorite quotes)
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Princess Peach is a little camera shy, as well as my 17 year old son. I thought this set of photos was funny. My son was protecting his princess from the
wicked, fire breathing dragon mother with a camera.

Princess Peach is a teeny, tiny thing and my son is a beastly offensive lineman type.

They are like Beauty and the Beast. They have been friends for 6 years at church. They finally decided to make a go of it this fall and see where Providence takes them.

They are the cutest couple.

She's in St. Louis for the holidays and he is MISERABLE. Poor guy, I feel so sorry for him. She's a wonderful artist and loves "Smashing" so we cut up 3 magazines full of words and sent her a care package today. I hope she enjoys gluing on the long trip back home to Florida.

Enjoy the pictures.

I hope they make you smile.

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She is a lovely, peachy girl. We all miss her badly. :(

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This picture cracks me up. Tell us how you REALLY feel about your boyfriend's mother???Sharing:Domstically Divine Tuesday*****************************************************Pooh feels it necessary to gently remind you, the kind audience, to please keep your voices down during nap hours

~The End ~Be blessed and safe this New Years Eve. We're off to shoot fireworks. Yippee!!! My favorite are black cats because they are wickedly obnoxious.

2013

Will it be too depressing to read so many in a row? (If it get's too heavy, I'll have to sprinkle in some Wodehouse or Twain)

I have never read one. I know I have read stories, but never the thick novels.
I've been busy with British and American the past 25 years,
with the occasional appearance of French, German or Italian works.

I also have a bad habit of rereading favorite classics over and over. Tsk. Tsk.

Time to move on and accomplish some nerdy goals I've always had.

Which one should I read first? Kindle's on stand by and ready to burn.

And to kick us off, we're having Borsht for dinner tomorrow night, then fireworks. Yay!

AND, we'll listen to
Vladimir Vystosky. I don't speak a word of Russian, but I love his voice.
I remember my dad listening to him.

Now if I can get my family to join me (doubtful),
that would be wonderful.

I think these cocoons are beautiful. An insect who builds his own log cabin? How cool is that?

I'm glad I decided to share this photo today. I looked it up. Turns out Bagworms are particularly distructive to evergreens. And now I'm wondering if this is what's wrong with our pine tree. Hmmmm.....

Well, enjoy the photo. Let's go spin our own log cabins. It could be fun, right?

Thrift Core is a very cool blog if you are "young" (younger than me), grew up in the 80's and 90's and love thrifting, collecting and antique boothing. She is VERY fun, not to mention helpful. I would call myself her #1 fan but that would be a little "Misery" creepy. 3.

I love finding these patterns and making them up for children in our church. It helps with quiet worship.Plus, these types of things are just nice to have around when quiet time is needed.The original pattern for composition books is found at Splendorfalls

Jesus in the Thrift Shop by Deborah AkelJesus in the Thrift Shop is pretty much one of my favorite articles of all time, in the history of forever. You know how you forget 99% of what you read or see online. This article has stayed with me over the years. I guess it touched me some how. I can't explain it. (And in fact, my daughter and I have a thrift store game, based on this article. I guess in a way, this article was life changing for me. More about that later). But really read it. It's so tender and sweet. 7.If you LOVE children's literature and lean towards the nerdy side, check out this article I found. I was so excited. My children and I loved Island of the Blue Dolphins.Archaeologists think they have found her cave. 8.

2. Walk away and forget you ever saw it.

(Otherwise, there will be some major hair pullage)

All humor and kidding aside, I would never, ever fight at a store or hurt someone and if someone is going to turn the other cheek, it will usually be me. At the thrift store, it's usually me who sees beautiful antiques like this antique photograph with curved glass in someone's cart.

I almost died.....seriously.....my heart lept off the balcony into my stomach and I got the roller coaster ridin' adrenalin rush. Weeeeeeee! The thrift store was closing and the people there were none too happy with me. They all but yelled at me to Get Out!!!

I'M NOT LEAVING WITHOUT THIS ITEM, so chill out pretty peoples.

I gave them my money and ran to the car to cuddle her. I ran so fast, you might have thought I had stolen her. I was too excited to walk calmly and keep my poker face. She was icky dirty and needed a bath. No.Problem. *big cheesy grin*

I've wanted one of these since I was a little girl. We had one with my great grandpa Braddock in it. My mom (accidentally) broke it throwing a shoe down the hallway (my poor mother has the worst luck). :( Curved glass is rare and difficult to find.

And by the way, don't ever ask me to take a photo of curved glass again. This was a VERY hard thing to photograph. Oy!

I'm happy you found 'Sweet Woodruffs'. I hope you'll be inspired and encouraged here. I thrive on resourcefulness using my black belt in thrifting. I decorate my home with eclectic, vintage finds. I'm happiest when mothering, nurturing, or creating. When I'm not playing house, I'm babying my Springer Spaniel rescues, ripping up shirts and sewing a quilt.